VERACRUZ, Mexico - Despite intense security for a national meeting of Mexico's state prosecutors and tough talk from top cops, criminals dumped more bodies in Veracruz three days after gunmen left 35 ...

Journalists and activists hold up pictures of the slain photojournalist Rubén Espinosa of Veracruz during a protest against his murder at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City on August 2, ...

TEXISTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her, the second such local candidate ...

The tourism website Mexconnect, claims that "The Mexican State of Veracruz brings to mind beautiful Gulf of Mexico waters, steamy jungles and mouth-watering seafood." If you read the news, it may ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s southeastern state of Veracruz will become the fourth state in the predominantly Roman Catholic country to clear away criminal penalties for elective abortion after lawmakers on ...

Benito Aguas Atlahua was gunned down and killed Dec. 9, 2024 in Veracruz. (Aguas Atlahua's Facebook page via Courthouse News) MEXICO CITY (CN) — Congressman Benito Aguas Atlahua was gunned down by ...

Drug traffickers and a repressive state government make Veracruz one of the deadliest places for journalists in Mexico. Most now shun hard-hitting reporting, but still risk abduction and murder.

TEXISTEPEC, Mexico — Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her, the second such local candidate killing in ...